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Factorisation
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Question 1: Factorise the following expressions

(a) 4x + 6 (b) 15x + 20 (c) 9y − 12 (d) 5x + 15

(e) 6x − 3 (f) 4x + 8 (g) 5y − 25 (h) 8w + 24

(i) 10y + 15 (j) 14w + 21 (k) 20y − 30 (l) 27x + 18

(m) 6 − 4x (n) 9 + 12y (o) 45 + 60x (p) 16y − 32

(q) 22a + 55 (r) 100 − 40y (s) 6x + 9y (t) 4w − 2a

(u) 25y − 35z (v) 8x²+ 20 (w) 30y³ − 15 (x) 42y + 28x − 56c

Question 2: Factorise the following expressions

(a) x² + 7x (b) x² − 3x (c) y² + y (d) w² + 9w

(e) x² − 7x (f) 4w² + 10w (g) 6x² − 8x (h) 9y² − 6y

(i) 10c + c² (j) 5g − g² (k) 14x² + 35x (l) 40x² − 50x

(m) 12x² + 18x (n) 24x² − 18x (o) 45y² + 60y (p) 7w² + 2w

Question 3: Factorise the following expressions

(a) x² + xy (b) a² − ab (c) xy + xz (d) ab + ac − ad

(e) 6c² − 4cd (f) 10x² + 15xy (g) 12ab + 18bc (h) 8xy + 4y²

(i) 8cdf + 10cde (j) 7w² + 6w + wy (k) 8ab² − 10ab (l) 4xy² + 6xy + 2x²y

(m) 6mn − 7m²n (n) 11g²h + 22h²

Question 4: Factorise the following expressions

(a) x³ + 2x² (b) 5x³ − x² (c) 8c³ + 12c (d) 10w² − 15w³

(e) 32y³ + 24y² (f) 12x⁴ + 15x (g) 4a⁵ − 12a² (h) 8w⁹ + w⁷

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Factorisation
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Question 1: Explain why 8x + 3y cannot be factorised.

Question 2: James has factorised an expression correctly.

His answer is 2(7y − 3).
What was the expression that he factorised?

Question 3: Alexandra is trying to factorise fully 15y + 30.

Rebecca says the answer is 3(5y + 10)
Victoria says the answer is 5(3y + 6)
Alexandra says both Rebecca and Victoria are incorrect, why?

Question 4: Can you spot any mistakes?

Question 5: Can you spot any mistakes?

Question 6: Can you spot any mistakes?

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